Will Compete In Tokyo Olympics, Indonesian Contingent Asks For Blessings

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JAKARTA - The Chef de Mission (Cdm) of the Indonesian contingent for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Rosan Perkasa Roeslani, stated that the athletes are ready to compete in the tournament which will be held from Friday, July 23 to Sunday, August 8.

With the arrival of the Badminton Team, there are now 24 Indonesian athletes in the Athlete Village, namely badminton (11), weightlifting (4), shooting (1), archery (4), swimming (2), and surfing (1+ 1 alternated athlete).

Following that, 2 rowing athletes Mutiara Rahma Putri and Melani Putri and lifter Deni departed accompanied by three NOC Indonesia Executive Committees namely Indra Gamulya, Rafiq Hakim Radinal and Arlan Perkasa Kusuma on Tuesday, July 20, evening.

And 2 sprinters Then Muhammad Zohri (male) and Alvin Tehupeiory (daughter) who were accompanied by the Secretary General of NOC Indonesia Ferry J Kono departed in the last batch on July 24 on Saturday, July 24, evening.

"Alhamdulillah, 11 athletes have left for the badminton team. The second group of 13 athletes and the next group have 3 more athletes. So now almost all of them, except for 1 athlete who has not yet competed, will only come on July 24," said Rosan at the conference. online press, Thursday, July 22.

Rosan reported that all the contingents present, both athletes and official support teams from Indonesia, were in good health and were being monitored closely. Of course, he said, this is something new, where the rules are constantly being refined by the Olympic committee in Tokyo.

"We want to make sure that both in terms of health and readiness things can go well. Until here we really have to undergo quarantine for 3 days starting the next day and we have done a saliva test (saliva-based) and the process is very strict, it takes 3-3, 5 hours," he said.

The contingents, continued Rosan, were immediately greeted by the Indonesian Embassy in Japan and his staff. As well as being placed in the same athlete's guesthouse tower so that coordination can be better.

"We have a secretariat room including for the support team and health, doctors, all on the 2nd floor so that everything is more coordinated. We also routinely coordinate every 8 pm, have meetings with officials and coaches. Thank God the athletes have been exercising regularly," he explained. .

When visiting the training center, Rosan said, the national athletes such as archery, weightlifting and swimming are all in excellent condition. "Our athletes are also monitored in terms of very good health. We are also required to do a saliva test for the next 7 days to make sure everything is going well," he said.

The plan, said Rosan, on Friday, July 23, will hold the opening ceremony of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, involving all contingents for the parade, including those from Indonesia. With a maximum limit of 10 people due to the specified limitations.

"We also make sure, especially for the sports that compete the next day, we don't include the athletes. Because we take care of the physical health of our athletes, because the next day there will be qualifications. Such as competing archery, weightlifting and badminton. compete on July 24. Therefore, we do not include athletes in this sport," he explained.

Rosan added that the contingent will depart for the Tokyo Olympics opening location from the athletes' guest house at 18.00 local time. "The plan is for us to leave here at 6 pm, the event will start at 8. God willing, everything will go well, please pray for our blessing," said Rosan.

Meanwhile, the Indonesian Ambassador to Japan, Heri Ahmadi, welcomed Indonesian athletes and officials at the Tokyo Olympics, who are in very good health so far.

"We have discussed how we can synergize the communication potential of the Indonesian Embassy and the team. We want to stay together better. One of them we have agreed to regularly follow the advice of journalists in Indonesia and in Japan to hold press events conferences like this," said Heri.

According to him, communication media is very important because at this time's Olympics there are no spectators at all from abroad, including Indonesia. So that this media channel is most expected by the Indonesian people to know what happened at the Olympics.